School: Mounttrenchard, Leamhchoill (roll number 2540)
- Location:
- Mounttrenchard, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0481, Page 079
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- In our locality people judge the weather from the following signsBad Weather1 If the tide makes a roar like the noise of a great wind, they say the weather is going to break.
2 When the cat sits with its back to the fire we are going to have rain
3 When the wind blows cold from Cappa they say we are going to have a bad break.
4 When there is a golden ring around the moon and sheet-lightning at night it is said that the weather will be very broken
5 When Swallows fly low, when crows rest in sleepy flocks in the field,(continues on next page)
